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  Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 04, 2020 Mars had a global magnetic field much earlier - and much later - in the planet's history than scientists have previously known. A planet's global magnetic field arises from what scientists call a dynamo: a flow of molten metal within the planet's core that produces an electrical current. On Earth, the dynamo is what makes compass needles point north. But Mars' dynamo has been extinct for billions of years. New findings from UBC researchers working with colleagues in the US and France, publis ... read more |
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NASA's Perseverance rover will look at Mars through these 'eyes'Pasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2020 When it launches this summer, NASA's Perseverance rover will have the most advanced pair of "eyes" ever sent to the Red Planet's surface: Its Mastcam-Z instrument packs a next-gen zoom capability th ... more  
Newly reprocessed images of Europa show 'chaos terrain' in crisp detailPasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2020 The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa features a widely varied landscape, including ridges, bands, small rounded domes and disrupted spaces that geologists call "chaos terrain." Three newly reprocess ... more  
New study examines which galaxies are best for intelligent lifeFayetteville AR (SPX) May 04, 2020 Giant elliptical galaxies are not as likely as previously thought to be cradles of technological civilizations such as our own, according to a recent paper by a University of Arkansas astrophysicist ... more  
New metasurface laser produces world's first super-chiral lightJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 Researchers have demonstrated the world's first metasurface laser that produces "super-chiral light": light with ultra-high angular momentum. The light from this laser can be used as a type of "opti ... more |
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Mind-controlled arm prostheses that 'feel' are now a part of everyday lifeGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 For the first time, people with arm amputations can experience sensations of touch in a mind-controlled arm prosthesis that they use in everyday life. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine ... more  
Research reveals possible active tectonic system on the moonProvidence RI (SPX) May 01, 2020 Researchers have discovered a system of ridges spread across the nearside of the Moon topped with freshly exposed boulders. The ridges could be evidence of active lunar tectonic processes, the resea ... more 
NASA names companies to develop human landers for Artemis Moon MissionsWashington DC (SPX) May 01, 2020 NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency's Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the M ... more 
China's lunar rover travels about 448 meters on moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) May 01, 2020 China's lunar rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, has driven 447.68 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of t ... more  
Asteroid grazes path of satellites in geostationary ringParis (ESA) May 01, 2020 A reasonably small 4-8 m asteroid recently flew by Earth, passing close to satellites orbiting in the geostationary ring at a distance of about 42 735 km from Earth's centre and only about 1200 km f ... more |
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 Mysteries of Uranus' oddities explained by Japanese astronomers 
No blue skies for super-hot planet WASP-79bBaltimore MD (SPX) May 01, 2020 The weather forecast for the giant, super-hot, Jupiter-size planet WASP-79b is steamy humidity, scattered clouds, iron rain and yellow skies. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope teamed up with the M ... more  |
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Musk, Bezos win NASA contracts for Moon landerWashington DC (AFP) Apr 30, 2020 NASA on Thursday awarded almost $1 billion in contracts to three space companies including those owned by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to develop lunar landers as the United States seeks to return human ... more 
NASA scientists tapped to mature more rugged seismometer system to measure moonquakesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 NASA hasn't measured moonquakes since Apollo astronauts deployed a handful of measuring stations at various locations on the lunar surface and discovered unexpectedly that Earth's only natural satel ... more 
Astronomers capture rare images of planet-forming disks around starsLeuven, Belgium (SPX) May 01, 2020 An international team of astronomers has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming disks located hundreds of light years away. These disks of dust and gas, similar in shape to a mu ... more 
Astronomers could spot life signs orbiting long-dead starsIthaca NY (SPX) May 01, 2020 The next generation of powerful Earth- and space-based telescopes will be able to hunt distant solar systems for evidence of life on Earth-like exoplanets - particularly those that chaperone burned- ... more  
Earth flyby opens new science opportunities for BepiColomboParis (ESA) May 01, 2020 Science instruments aboard the European-Japanese Mercury explorer BepiColombo are in excellent condition to gather high-quality data during the spacecraft's long cruise to the innermost planet of th ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2020 
When it launches this summer, NASA's Perseverance rover will have the most advanced pair of "eyes" ever sent to the Red Planet's surface: Its Mastcam-Z instrument packs a next-gen zoom capability that will help the mission make 3D imagery more easily. Rover operators, who carefully plan out each driving route and each movement of a rover's robotic arm, view these stereo images through 3D goggles ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2020 
NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency's Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA is on track for sustainable human exploration of the Moon for the first time in history.
The human landing system awards under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partn ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2020 
The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa features a widely varied landscape, including ridges, bands, small rounded domes and disrupted spaces that geologists call "chaos terrain." Three newly reprocessed images, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s, reveal details in diverse surface features on Europa.
Although the data captured by Galileo is more than two decades old, scienti ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) May 01, 2020 
The weather forecast for the giant, super-hot, Jupiter-size planet WASP-79b is steamy humidity, scattered clouds, iron rain and yellow skies.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope teamed up with the Magellan Consortium's Magellan II Telescope in Chile to analyze the atmosphere of this planet, which orbits a star that is hotter and brighter than our Sun, and is located at a distance of 780 light-ye ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2020 
On April 17, NASA and SpaceX announced that the upcoming flight test of the new Crew Dragon spacecraft with our astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley is now scheduled for lift off no earlier than 4:32 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 27. The launch of the Demo-2 mission will take place from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Have no doubt about it: I am looking forward to the launch. It will b ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2020 
China is constructing the largest steerable radio telescope in Asia with a 70-meter-diameter antenna to receive data from its first Mars exploration mission which is expected to be launched this year.
China aims to complete orbiting, landing and roving on the red planet in one mission, which has been named Tianwen-1.
The telescope, with an antenna the size of nine basketball courts, ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 01, 2020 
A reasonably small 4-8 m asteroid recently flew by Earth, passing close to satellites orbiting in the geostationary ring at a distance of about 42 735 km from Earth's centre and only about 1200 km from the nearest satellite.
After the initial discovery, observers around the world rapidly set their eyes on the 'new' space rock, determining it would safely pass our planet in one of the close ... more |
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 Falls Church VA (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 
The Counter-Rocket Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) system of systems was deployed in 2005 to address a joint urgent operational need to defend our troops against rocket, artillery and mortar attacks in four primary pillars: sense, warn, intercept and respond.
Countless soldiers deployed over the past decade and a half have heard the jarring yet familiar "Incoming! Incoming!" siren warning in ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) May 01, 2020 
Lockheed Martin received a $6.07 billion contract from the U.S. Army for the production of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors and associated equipment, to be delivered across FY21, FY22 and FY23 contract years.
The contract calls for the production and delivery of PAC-3 MSE interceptors, launcher modification kits, associated equipment and ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 07, 2020 
The upper layers in the atmospheres of gas giants - Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune - are hot, just like Earth's. But unlike Earth, the Sun is too far from these outer planets to account for the high temperatures. Their heat source has been one of the great mysteries of planetary science.
New analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft finds a viable explanation for what's keeping ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 13, 2020 
Scientists have developed a way to remotely control the release of adrenal hormones like adrenaline and cortisol.
Previous studies have linked problems with the regulation of hormones from the adrenal gland with mental health disorders, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The new research, detailed in the journal Science Advances, could help scientists investig ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2020 
Researchers at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have used the infrastructure of the former TAMA300 gravitational wave detector in Mitaka, Tokyo to demonstrate a new technique to reduce quantum noise in detectors. This new technique will help increase the sensitivity of the detectors comprising a collaborative worldwide gravitational wave network, allowing them to observe fai ... more |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 
Atoms and molecules behave very differently at extreme temperatures and pressures. Although such extreme matter doesn't exist naturally on the earth, it exists in abundance in the universe, especially in the deep interiors of planets and stars.
Understanding how atoms react under high-pressure conditions - a field known as high-energy-density physics (HEDP) - gives scientists valuable insi ... more |
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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 
For the first time, people with arm amputations can experience sensations of touch in a mind-controlled arm prosthesis that they use in everyday life. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports on three Swedish patients who have lived, for several years, with this new technology - one of the world's most integrated interfaces between human and machine.
The advance is unique: th ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) April 30, 2020 
A Polish company is betting that its drones can help save lives by speeding up deliveries of coronavirus test samples and medical supplies.
The Spartaqs drone-maker said on Thursday that it had successfully flown coronavirus samples from one Warsaw hospital to another in a test-run that it hopes will pave the way to the use of drone technology for medical purposes.
The return flight of ... more |
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